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Thursday, March 24, 2011

I came to this conclusion after buying a packet of PPS to make something (forgotten what; I have a mind like a fine sieve). The PPS come in bundles of 6 sheets, which is great if you're making lots of sausage rolls for the tuckshop, but otherwise, they tend to hang around in the freezer for ages.

So I wandered through my extensive library of magazines (located in the East wing of my mansion, ha!) and found this quick recipe for some puffy sandwiches. To make it even quicker I bought the roasted veges from the delicatessen, but you can roast your own if you like. You only need one sheet of PPS to make 2 sambos, so invite your appetite, or your friends, if you want to use up those sheets.

Method1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Cut the pastry sheet into four equally-sized pieces. Place on a lightly greased baking tray and sprinkle with parmesan. Prick two of the pastry pieces with a fork to stop them rising too much. Bake the pastry for 10 minutes until light golden, then set aside to cool. 3. Spread pricked pastry sheets with pesto, then layer each with roasted vegetables, bocconcini and tomato. Season with black pepper. Place the other piece of pastry, cheese-side up, on top and return to oven for 5 minutes to heat through. 4. Serve the puffy sandwiches with salad leaves drizzled with olive oil

I've never had the problem of having too many puuf pastry sheets in our household before :P But then again...we do have 4 people with huge appetites :D I've never had a puff pastry sandwich before though- but I do love puff pastry and this looks very delicious- I know what I'll be making next time I need a quick lunch! :D:DI'd love to have access to an oven at lunchtime....there's so many things I'd make! haha...

This is beyond ingenious. That iced-up container of puff in my freezer is starting to look much better now. I bow down to you, Bel. In admiration and, er, just in case there are a few stray crunchy flakes of puff on the floor